The Phillies lack of pitching depth is catching up to them right now. Their starting pitching outside of Halladay and maybe Hamels is really pretty sorry. Maybe when Happ gets back they'll be better, but both Moyer and Kendrick are bad and should be 5+ ERA guys.

Good win last night for the Braves. They needed it after dropping two straight. Still only 5-11 in the division I believe so they need to start winning some NL East series. Chipper still looks horrible too.

My Favorite Braves:

1. Smoltz
2. Maddux
3. Dale Murphy
4. Ron Gant
5. Javy Lopez

Always wondered who could bench more between Gant and Javy. Both dudes were roid monsters that had body builder guns.

5/27/2010 8:19:17 AM

Wow, the phillies getting blanked by the mets AGAIN... Braves 2 outs away from beating the fish and moving to 1.5 behind

5/27/2010 11:54:48 PM

the East is the most complete division in the National League....everyone is .500 or above

5/28/2010 2:14:26 AM

The NL East is easily the best division in the National League. The central is just bad outside of the Cardinals and maybe the Reds. The West has some pitching, but none of those NL West teams scare me if the playoffs started today. Maybe the Giants because they have a 1-2 punch at the top of the rotation.

The AL East is by far the best division in baseball though. Three very good teams including probably the two best teams in all of baseball (Rays and Yanks) and the Blue Jays who have played well this year.

It'll be interesting to see how the NL East shakes out. If that Japenese pitcher for the Mets can become a solid #3 and Beltran comes back strong, then they will be tough. The Phillies are in a slump, but their hitting and Halladay will keep them in any race. The key to the Braves will be their hitting. I expect both the Marlins and Nationals to slowly fade as the season progresses. Both teams have some nice pieces, but just are not there yet. We'll see what Strasburg brings to the Nats.

5/28/2010 7:51:40 AM

A "Rick Flair to left"

5/30/2010 4:18:45 PM

Kawakami keeps getting shelled or NDs...kinda funny.

5/30/2010 4:27:12 PM

^i think i read he has given up 3 runs or less in 5 of his last 6 starts and STILL has yet to receive a win.....pretty crappy luck for him, haha

5/31/2010 1:03:56 PM

hello 1st place

5/31/2010 4:10:40 PM

Quote :

"cali_j2004 All American 2424 Posts user info edit post yay! 3 game sweep.. much needed.. looking at the schedule, it is possible we can get on a little bit of a run 3 home vs. Arizona 2 home vs. Mets 2 home vs. Reds 3 at Pitt 3 at Fla 3 home vs. Pitt We go 11-5 in this stretch (which shouldnt be too hard), we are back in contention for wildcard. In other news, its total bs that the phils gets 3 extra home games"

Well we went 12-4 in our easy stretch, even better than I hoped for.. now with the win today are in first place.. team is def HOT! Loving it!

[Edited on May 31, 2010 at 4:41 PM. Reason : ]

5/31/2010 4:40:44 PM

First place!!!! and would only be .5 games out of the Wild Card. I am ready to go to some games, any of yall?

5/31/2010 9:31:05 PM

6/1/2010 1:08:46 AM

been to about 12 already, fair weather fucker

6/1/2010 1:32:26 AM

Troy Glaus has been on fire. Dude hit .330 in May and drove in 28 runs. Should get NL player of the month. Pretty awesome considering his terrible April. Looking like a huge steal now getting him for just over $1 million. Obviously he won't stay this hot the rest of the season, but hopefully he can keep getting clutch hits and keep this Braves offense rolling.

6/1/2010 7:46:36 AM

If Chipper retires at the end of this year, we should resign Glaus and move him back to 3rd base.

6/1/2010 8:12:17 AM

jaybee im comin to hotlanta in a little less than a month. i fully expect to go see a game with you
no homo~

6/1/2010 8:33:38 AM

July 17th, all you can eat and drink seats vrs the brewers!

6/1/2010 6:03:20 PM

Let's go! Time to get further ahead of the Phils

6/1/2010 6:20:11 PM

Hell yeah! Nice start to the game, especially considering it looks like it'll be delayed soon.

[Edited on June 1, 2010 at 7:24 PM. Reason : Glaus 3 run homer in the first.]

6/1/2010 7:23:50 PM

Man, this Phillies team reminds me of so many underachieving offensive Braves lineups through the years

So nice to see this shit happen to other teams

6/1/2010 9:24:34 PM

Hinske runs like a fat girl

6/1/2010 11:05:00 PM

right in the middle of the back

wtf




dare i say, walk Howard to give them just one run off of his AB

[Edited on June 1, 2010 at 11:30 PM. Reason : ]

6/1/2010 11:29:35 PM

Fuck howard.. That fat piece of shit is overrated and the feelies will regret that big ass contract..

6/1/2010 11:55:07 PM

Another big win last night. Hudson coming back and being effective after an hour plus rain delay was huge. Saved the bullpen. Phillies had to burn through their whole pen last night so hopefully that'll caused them problems tonight. Hopefully we can keep the win streak alive tonight.

6/2/2010 7:55:55 AM

Day game today. Lowe v Kendrick. Need to keep getting these NL East wins since we got off to such as slow start (8-11 right now).

6/2/2010 9:21:46 AM

Let's keep this going and get the sweep today

6/2/2010 11:11:37 AM

Ragged, what day(s) will you be down here

6/2/2010 11:13:16 AM

Watching ESPN Gamecast at work. Chipper get pulled because he got hurt or because hes been playing like shit?

6/2/2010 2:20:12 PM

That was a hell of an AB from Omar

6/2/2010 3:19:28 PM

booyah

6/2/2010 3:34:46 PM

w00t. First 8 game win streak in 7 years.

6/2/2010 3:37:57 PM

Ok, this has ceased to be cool. I was all aboard for beating the Phillies but I don't want to have the Mets lose touch here.

6/2/2010 3:40:39 PM

This Braves team is starting to show relatively no weakness outside of speed and maybe defense. The lineup is hitting, good OBP, okay power now with Glaus and Heyward, outstanding bench with Hinske, Infante, Ross, Conrad, and Diaz, strong SP especially when JJ returns, outstanding pen with Wagner, Saito, Moylan, O'Flaherty, Venters, and probably Medlen when JJ returns for long relief.

I was not happy with the team out the gate and was skeptical about the moves Wren made, but giving the 2B job to Prado was genius, keeping Heyward for opening day has paid off, picking up Infante, Ross, and Hinske all were great moves, Wagner & Saito has worked out well, Glaus signing looks like a great move. The only move that can really be questioned at this point is Chavez who was lights out early in the season until his recent rough patch. His ceiling is still high though.

Hope they can avoid another deep funk and play consistent the rest of the season.

6/2/2010 4:57:46 PM

Chipper day to day with inflammation of right ring finger

6/2/2010 8:36:36 PM

Glaus won NL Player of the Month for May.
Heyward won NL Rookie of the Month for May (he also won for April).

Good news just keeps coming. Braves start an 11 game road trip IIRC tonight. We'll see if this team is for real. Beat LA!

6/3/2010 8:22:12 AM

4 against the Dodgers, who are 31-22 but had to use 3 walk off hits to beat the D-backs
3 against the D-Backs, who are struggling and barely able to score any runs
3 against the Twinks, who are 31-22 and leading the division
3 against the Rays, who are 36-18 and arguably the best team in baseball, but played in Atlanta

This is going to be a hard stretch. I'd be happy with 9 wins, but 6 may be a more likely result.

6/3/2010 9:38:34 AM

^ 4 vs D Backs right?

6/3/2010 9:51:19 AM

/\ right. So I'd be happy with 10 W's but realistically 7.

Fav Braves:
1. Otis Nixon
2. Chipper
3. Smoltz
4. Maddux
5. Crime Dawg

6/3/2010 11:20:26 AM

best combo ever. id take damon hill though

6/3/2010 11:43:53 AM

Kris Medlin pitched outstanding last night. Any chance that KK is relegated to the pen instead when JJ comes back?

[Edited on June 4, 2010 at 7:35 AM. Reason : ..]

6/4/2010 7:35:15 AM

LOL at greg brady singing God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch

6/5/2010 12:40:05 AM

i swear the first time i clicked this thread, i thought that said wayne brady, and i didnt even think anything of it

6/5/2010 12:51:58 AM

Heyward with a real winner of a game tonight....

6/5/2010 1:36:14 AM

Dodgers are knocking hanson around pretty good tonight. Hanson, overall, hasn't been that great this year

6/5/2010 11:12:05 PM

oh fuck me i love 7 run 7th innings that include a McCann 2 run double and a Glaus 2 run homer

7 hits, a walk and a sacrafice bunt in the 9 batters......going BACK to Escobar right now....what a damn inning

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 12:44 AM. Reason : sdfdsfs]

6/6/2010 12:42:25 AM

is this not on tv anywhere?

6/6/2010 1:10:55 AM

Good news

The Braves just put the TV schedule on their website

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 1:23 AM. Reason : Sportsouth btw]

6/6/2010 1:23:07 AM

well in greensboro, it's not on

jackass

6/6/2010 1:26:29 AM

I'm in Greensboro too!

Try channel 67 on TWC jackass

--

Unless it's a nationally televised game, there are three options:

51 FSC
67 SS
194 PTV

It should take like 15 seconds to find the game

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 1:28 AM. Reason : ]

6/6/2010 1:27:12 AM

wtf is this 67 bullshit. i only ride in the 500s

i do retract the jackass remark though, partially anyway

[Edited on June 6, 2010 at 1:29 AM. Reason : .]

6/6/2010 1:27:43 AM

No SS HD unfortunately

There is a FSC HD, but I don't know the 500 #

6/6/2010 1:29:28 AM